Show MARKET MORE A ACTIVE BUT PRICES LOWER I V METAL METAL- QUOTATIONS f It It It t It f l i i i t tIt It Silver Siver is quoted today at 52 It it cents an ounce and copper at 11 1 I t tt t cents a poUnd I t tIn In In the spring the brokers broker's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of baseball r This paraphrase of the poets poet's effort efort does not explain the condition of the mining stock market but rather the result thereof because it i is easier to make or lose Jose money on the outcome of diamond Y field feld contests than in dallying with the elusive certificates of mining companies Had it i not been for the fact that the lean Jean and hungry of the exchange exchange exchange ex ex- ex- ex change had been busy gathering buying orders from people who wh realize that this Is i a buyers' buyers market there would have been no trading worthy of mention menton this morning moring But It happened that while prices were sagging from one to five points clear down the lne lines line the watchful ones raked in shares to the value of on the regular call cal and on the open board the latter later total having hav- hav Jag ing been reached with wih the assistance of the sale of ninety shares of Daly West at and The story Is told In the following table of closing quotations quota quota- lions and the record of sales ales Bid Asked d. d Ajax jax s j 33 32 Ak j 35 Albion 35 50 3 B Ben n Butler Duter 3 09 09 10 California 12 12 12 0 Carisa 29 29 30 so 3 Century 47 47 48 s 4 Con Mercur 1 87 Daly 8 1 zoo 20 Daly West 40 Dalton Dalon Lark 02 02 Dalton Dalon o 02 02 03 Dexter Deter 11 U 1 35 ss Emerald 0 06 Eagle Blue Blue Bell Bell 90 94 Galena Bue-Bel Bue 20 Golden Eagle 00 o 2 Horn Silver Ingot 04 05 O Joe Dow Bowers rs 04 04 OH Little Litte Chief 10 io Lower Mammoth 12 La Ia R Reine ine 11 12 Mammoth i i- 0 1 Manhattan 01 01 01 May Day 4 01 20 Martha rt V a Washington hij 03 i Northern Light 04 M Ontario Petro 85 13 Richmond Anaconda n 10 Sunshine 25 29 Swansea 2 ito 2 South Swansea 10 35 16 35 Sacramento 2214 22 3 24 34 Silver King 2 2 Star Consolidated 20 80 22 Shower Showe Consolidated 02 Silver Siver Shield 06 21 22 U ed Sunbeam 40 40 Uncle Sam Con 3 31 3 32 3 Utah 50 53 f Valeo 08 OS victor ictor L 23 i Yankee Con TUESDAY MORNING lORNING SALES Con Mercur 11 at 1 May Day 5 at a. 21 c 6 at Bc 5 at 21 Total 1500 South Swansea n 50 at Uncle lInde tt Sam 1100 10 at 31 C California 5 at c 1 1500 15 at 12 c 2700 20 at 2000 20 at 12 e c 5 at seller seler 10 T al Century 10 00 at 51 30 at SOc 10 at 20 At t 4 c iO at 48 c seller seler 30 3 at att t oS Sc c. c seller seler 10 10 at c 10 at 10 at Total n 2000 at 2000 at i lc mc Martha Matha Washington 2000 20 at 1000 at 1000 30 at 1000 10 at buyer buye 30 6 at 2000 2 at 3 c. c Total 23 at 60 50 6 at 5 at 50 5 0 at 22 c 1500 at Total 50 Victor 10 at 21 c 50 at 2 1500 at h. h at 1500 15 at 23 c. c Total Yankee YankEe 3 at 10 at 40 at 20 20 at Total 1000 10 OPEN BOARD HOARD Daly West 67 at 25 2 at 44 40 90 Lower Mammoth at 30 at 17 l I Uncle Sam 50 at 31 cI c. c I Victor 1000 10 at 23 c. c TOTALS Regular call cal shares for 1 Open board 2492 shares for 60 Grand total shares for |